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Definition of Joseph Marie Jacquard
1. Noun. French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834).
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Literary usage of Joseph Marie Jacquard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lives of Poor Boys who Became Famous by Sarah Knowles Bolton (1922)
"Joseph Marie Jacquard THE small world which lives in elegant houses knows little
of the great world in dingy apartments with bare walls and empty cupboards. ..."
2. The New Calendar of Great Men: Biographies of the 558 Worthies of All Ages by Frederic Harrison (1892)
"Joseph Marie JACQUARD was born at Lyons in 1752. He was of humble origin, and
earned his living as a straw-hat maker. His mechanical genius remained ..."
3. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1906)
"The jacquard machine derives its name from its inventor, Joseph Marie Jacquard,
a mechanic of Lyons, France, who first turned his attention to improving the ..."
4. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1862)
"... not relief,—and what philanthropists had sighed over in vain, was at last
attained by a poor artisan, Joseph Marie Jacquard, " the child of the people, ..."
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